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Sunday, 11 September 2016

Police Parades Pastor Caught with 12 Stolen Children in Delta

A 48-year-old popular radio preacher and founder of Gospel Fire Army
Ministry, Nkwele-Ogidi, Anambra State, Chinedu Strongson, has been
arrested in connection with child abduction and trafficking in persons.

The cleric was paraded on saturday at the police headquarters, Asaba,
Delta State, along with 43 other criminals arrested for kidnapping,
robbery, murder, cultism and car theft. According to the state police
commissioner, Zana Ibrahim, who paraded the suspects, 12 stolen children
were rescued from the pastor, adding that he allegedly paid N400,000
for each child sold to him..However, the pastor denied any involvement in
child trafficking, saying that his business was to help humanity
including payment of school fees for children.

Trouble started
for the pastor when one Aisha Yahaya of Asaba reported how two ladies
came to her house as police detectives sent by her husband now serving
at Ogwashi Uku prisons. Aisha disclosed that she followed them to a
junction where they met one Abigail Nwakama, also known as Madam Cash,
who gave her N3,500 to alleviate her poverty and asked her to buy
clothes for her one -month-old daughter.

Chinedu-walth In the process, the said child was allegedly stolen by the
syndicate, prompting her to raise the alarm which led to the arrest of
the two ladies. Based on the report, the commissioner said detectives
swung into action and arrested one Onyinye Nwakama, daughter of Madam
Cash, at a drinking bar in Asaba.

Also arrested were Madam Cash
(32 years) and Ifeoma Anyadike, (32) at Okpanam before they led
detectives to Ogidi where the pastor was arrested. Others arrested from
different locations are David Ikesinachi; Ebere Edwin, Adaeze Enyi and
Chike Agwunenu.

Two of the rescued children, the commissioner of
police said, had been handed over to their parents while the remaining
were kept at an orphanage in Asaba pending identification by their
families.